Water-motor.



No. 749,491. PATENTED JAN. 12, 1904.

J. D. LEE.

WATER. MOTOR.

I APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. 1903. 1m uonm.

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- To all whomit may concern.-

V UNITED} STATES ialzented January 12, 1904.

PATENT. OF CE.

, JOS PH- amien LEE, oF-sA EM, OREGON.-

I WATER-MOTQR.

'srncrmcnrron iormingpart-of ss rate'ii No; 749,491, dated January 12,1904.

Application filed Iarol 24,

' Beit known that I, J osnrn DANIEL Llama citizen of the United States,residing at Salem,

'inthecoun'ty of Mariontm State of Oregon,

have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Water-Motors; and Ido declare the jstruction, combination, and arrangement of out in theclaims.

following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled "in the art to 'whichit appertains tomake and use the same. i

My invention relates to improvements in water motors, and m oreparticularly that kind of motor for compressing air by'direct action ofthe water. 1

To his end he invention the con devices substantially as described, andpointed The accompanying drawings show my in ve'ntion in the'best'form'now ,known to me; but. many changesinflthe details might be made withoutdepartingfrom the spirit of my invention, as set forth in the claims atthe end of this specification.

dicate like parts in the drawings, in which Figure I is'a perspectiveView of my inven-' tion, and Fig. 2 is asectional 'view of the same. a a

,2 2- denoteair-cylinders. v

3 3' denote water-cylinders.

' i t' denote'pistons the air'-cylinders, and

' 5 5"denote pistons in the'waterec'ylinders. I '6 6 denote piston-rodsconnecting the pistons of thewater and air. cylinders, passingupward'through the heed's of the air-cylinders and'j'oin'ed to the'beam=13;

'7 7 are valve-chests communicating with the water-cylinders at an ontheone side and with the water-pipes IQ and "11 on the other side; 8 8' and9am pistonsoperating insaid valve-chests and are connected by the. rods1; b

and the beam 14,. s0. that-when forced up on one side .;thecorresponding pistons will :be

forced down on the other side,"and so on.-

. 11"denotesa head water piper 1'10 denotesia waste-water pipe. :12 isfa rolling weight mounted upon the beam 13 which ismounted upon thestandard 1903. $erial1l'o.l49,886.- (no modelJ piston-rods 6 6" by asliding joint;

18 18 denote lateral pipes communicating with valve-chests 19 19. 1

= '16 16' denotel rods connecting valves at 19 1'9 with the beam 15. a

with a rocking'joint and isattached-to the v.120 denotes air-pipeconnecting cylinders 2 1 22 denotesalead pipe broken off.

23, 23 denote intake air-valvesfin the heads 4 of the air-compressingcylinders.

21 21' denote check-valves in said air-- The air-'cylinders 2 2,water-cylinders 3 3,

between them and are connected together for simultaneous reverse,operation constitute reversely a'cting fluidpressure-operatedcompressing-mechanism.

The valves 8,- 8,9, and 9: are controllers which-j cause-water under-thepressure of its head to be alternately admitted :to and exhau sted fromthe cylinders 3'3'1under the pistons 5 5's. The'valves 19 19'=-areauxiliary valves and with'their operating connections- The referencecharacters 1n both 1 views-m and the'p'istons which operate respectivelyI constitute means for operating the controllers. v

I The beam'13 and; rolling -weight'. 12 consti tutea shiftablecounter-poise element connectchronou's reverse operation.

In the-operation of my invention when the the air -compressingmechanisms .for ,syn-

8o into the .wat'e qcylinder 3', as will be seen at mg'the air out ofthe cylinder 2 -into-the pipe 20 through the checkwalve 21- and at thesame .-time'-depressi ng'the pistons 4 and 5', drawing into the cylinder2 afresh supply of air through the valve 23. At or about the end of theup:

ward stroke of the rod -6 the beam 13 will be brought into contact withthe valve-rod 16:at a, moving it slightly downward, thereby openingthefeed-water passage through the valve at 19 into the valve chest7underneath the piston 8, causing it, with piston 9, to be forced upwardand the pistons 8"and-9 to bemoved downwardly into the positionformerlggoccu:

pied by 8 and 9, thereby reversing the. owof the head-water fromcylinder 3 to cylinder 3 and allowing the. cYIiJlder 3 to be discharged3O -1 what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

through the waste-pipe10; It is obvious that at the be ginning-nof theupward stroke of the "piston-rods'fi 6 the pressure in theair-cylinder's isnormal and that it willbe increased,throughout'thestroke until the maximum pressure has been reached. Toovercome this difference, I have mounted; upon the beam 13 the weight12,- which is adapted toroll by gravity to the lowest point of the beamand isalwaysdirectly above the piston-rod when Lfully.depressed,=thereby exerting its full -weightagainst the water pressureat the-beginning of the upward stroke and decreasing asthe-pressure'increases until the piston has reached about .themiddle of,its travel, when the weight crosses the center of the beam over thestandard- 17 and; begins. to act in a down ward direction to assist thewater in completingits action. against the airrpress urei From theforegoing description, taken in connection.:with the, accompanyingdrawings,

' theconstruction'andgoperationof the invention will bereadily-understood withoutv re quiring-a more-extended explanation.Various changes in the-form, proportion,

' and the minor details of construction may be resortedto:withoutidepartingffrom the principle or sacrificing anyof the,advantages of this invention.

Having thus. fully described invention,

- .In apparatus of, the class described, the

combination of reversely acting fluid pressure-operated compressingmechanisms, mo-

tive-fluid valve-chests. therefor, each having a channel leading-theretoand inlet and exhaust channels spaced from and on opposite sides of saidchannel, simultaneously-acting valves in the said chests for controllingthe inlet and exhaust channels; "auxiliary: valves-to successively admitfluid unde pressure to operate the said respective controll ng-valves; amovable connectionbetween the fluid pressure-opverated compressingnieclianisms,-means operated by said movable. connection .to resist themovement of each compressing mechanism,

and progressively diminish the resistance as thepressure caused by saidcompressing mechan sm increases, and means intermittently actuatedbysaid movable connection to i'eversely described. 2. In apparatuscombination of reversely-actirig fluid-pres sureoperated compressingmechanisms, nioti-ve-fluid valve-chests therefon eacli having a e vchannel leading thereto and inlet and exhaust actuate the auxiliaryvalves, substantially as of the class described, the

channels spacedfrom and on opposite sides of said channel,simultaneoiisly act ing valvesfiii the said chests for controllingtlieinletand exhaust channels, auxiliary valves'to siiccesi sively admitfluidundei' pressureto operate the saidi esp ective controlling-valves,an OS- cillatingconnectionbetweenthefluid pressureoperatedcompressingfinechanisma'a" rolling f weight operated by said oscillatingconnection toresist the movement of each'conipi-esising mechanism andprogressively diminish-the resistance as the pressure caused by saidconipressing mechanism increases, and means intermittently-actuated bysaid movable connec tion to reversely actuate the auxiliary valves,

substantially as described. 5 {I p g g .In testimony whereof I havehereunto set.

my hand inpresence of'twosubscribin-g wit-

